Well it all began late summer 2006. We had been looking at buildings downtown for a few years and kind of curbed the idea for a while and bought a house in Evans as an "investment". Of course thats when we found it. Ben was looking at properties online, as he did every now and then for fun, and saw it. We set up an appointment with the realtor to come and see the property and we were blown away. The other buildings we had gone to see needed so much work but this one was pretty much move in ready. The first floor was retail space, the 2nd floor was just a big open space , the 3rd floor had 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, & a small kitchenette, the 4th floor had 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
Then the realtor took us to the backyard - we would own a 3rd of Lafayette Center (what! a waterfall in our backyard) we had to put in an offer! So a few days later we met with the realtor again to put in an official offer. There were a few more people interested but we won the bid. So exciting! We closed in September a month after the house in Evans. Since we had to live in the new house for 2 years before we would sell it and move downtown - we rented the space out to 4 of our friends (Jim, Burr, Josh, & Ben) We had the retail space for rent for a few months before we decided to open a business of our own - and Vintage 965 was born. We call it the Century House because we bought it when it was exactly 100 years old.
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